How extreme does Luang Prabang's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Luang Prabang has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 33 years of daily weather observations (1992–present), from the Luang Phabang Intl station. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Luang Prabang has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

110°F May 6, 2023

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F May 6, 2023recent

2 110°F May 7, 2023

3 109°F Apr 18, 2023

❄️ Coldest night

41°F Jan 27, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 41°F Jan 27, 2016

2 41°F Dec 21, 2017

3 41°F Dec 8, 2019

🌧️ Most rain in one day

14.57 in May 15, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 14.57 in May 15, 2016

2 8.50 in Nov 3, 2008

3 5.71 in Jun 17, 2012

In plain terms

Across the record, Luang Prabang has reached as high as 110°F and as low as 41°F. A single day has delivered over 15 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Nan, a weather station, about 188 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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